The woman expected to be Japan’s next prime minister is set to keep nuclear power at the core of the nation’s energy strategy, while reducing emphasis on renewables like solar., report said.
Bloomberg reported that Sanae Takaichi, who was elected leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at the weekend, has pushed to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear technologies such as fusion and has previously called for making the country 100% energy self-sufficient by deploying next-generation reactors.
Mika Ohbayashi, director at the Renewable Energy Institute, a thinktank that promotes clean-energy use, was quoted as saying: “She wants energy security over climate ambition, nuclear over renewables, and national industry over global corporations.”
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